chapotraphouse

yeah someone who watches hasan and learns about the world and takes what he says seriously is a lot more likely to then be receptive to going further, learning more and coming to understand hasan's limitations and bad/mid takes. But on the whole he's a positive, even if he's got a ton of fans who are oblivious or don't fully take his points/logic to heart, let alone go further, they are at least not instinctively anticommunist and generally vibe with us.

He makes calls and has takes that i don't agree with, often in the interest of "optics",, but just covering the shit that he does is a huge boost to the level of discourse happening in a lot of corners of the internet. Just getting people talking about ansarallah and their blockade in a positive light and with context is a huge boost against the "they're just terrorists attacking civilian shipping vessels" people

Maybe this is because I'm not a Hasan watcher but all this "he's doing more than any of you critics and complainers" and "you're just mad because he's better looking / richer etc" reminds me of the kind of glazing that goes on in any cult of personality.. not that Hasan's politics are anywhere near as bad as Musk's obviously, but it does remind me of the kind of glazing that Elon stans do.

There's an element of classism too, like you can't critique your betters because you weren't born with the family resources and connections that you get from being born moderately wealthy. Like excuse me if I'm not well positioned enough to talk to a million people online every day, but I think "progressive" streamers should not be glossing over AOC and Bernie's social fascism, (EDIT) for example.

And yes I am aware that Hasan is always raising money for based causes and that's awesome, he should keep doing that. I'll keep criticizing his liberal and reactionary tendencies though. This "you only criticize Hasan because you think you're too cool for school and nothing ever happens, you only criticize because you're an edgelord" BS is gross and childish, tbh.

That is silly. All hexbears are remarkably good-looking and I refuse to believe otherwise.

Incorrect, the reason I don't like him is because of this rod-polishing parasocial relationship people have with him for scraping the literal bare minimum, which isn't unique to him but part of a larger critique of the alienation that is inherent to streamer media.

I mean for Christ's sake, this is the exact same argument as 'You just criticize capitalism and want communism because you are jealous of other's success' level of breadtube argument slop.